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STATE EX REL. LEACH v. HAMILTON

No. 15198.

279 S.E.2d 420 (1981)

STATE ex rel. Robert Meade LEACH v. The Honorable John M. HAMILTON, Judge, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Askin & Burke and Steven M. Askin, Martinsburg, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Victor A. Barone, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

This is a proceeding for a writ of prohibition and for a writ of mandamus brought by Robert Meade Leach who is presently awaiting trial on a charge of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Hardy County. As an indigent, relator seeks to compel respondent to authorize the expenditure of funds for his defense in excess of the $500.00 statutory limit. Specifically, the funds are to be used to conduct a public opinion poll in Hardy County, to procure...

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